Mop and brush handle connection



Julie 8,1926. 1,588,208

H. M.\STURGIS MOP AND BRUSH HANDLE CONNECTION Filed April 1925 11vVENTOR flarbe f 1 Jfu/y/Ii 3 l/ 7 A-TTORNEY T Patented June 8 192 6UNITED vstares HERBERT Id. STURGTS, OF -KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

MOP-A1\TD'BRUSH HANDLE CONNECTION.

Application filed A ril '20, 1925. Serial nogaraes.

This invention relates to mop and brush handle connections, but it isparticularly designed for use in connection with a mop head such as, isusua'llyemployed with floor mops, and the invention particularly residesin the frame for holding the mop fabric which is usually in the form ofa bag.

The invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts, allof which will be specifically described hereinafter, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which, I

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the mop head frame showing the handleattached, and

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the mop head frame with the handleattaching clips removed.

The frame is shown as constructed of a piece of stout wire bentintermediate its ends to provide a toe portion 1 with diverging sidemembers or bars 2 and 3 terminating at their rear ends in inwardlydisposed heel forming portions 4 and 5, the

heel forming portions being spaced apart having a right-angularlyprojecting termi' nal abutting against the other end portion. The'twoend portions are indicated at'12 and 13. The end portion 12 is providedWith an off-set or shoulder 14 against which the right-angularlyprojecting terminal 15 of the end member 13 abuts. The rightangularlyprojecting portion 16 of'the' end portion 12 abuts against the edge ofthe portion 13. Thesides of the portions 12 and 13 are flat as indicatedat 17 and 18 to receive a sheetmetal clip19 which is folded around thetransversely disposed end portions 12 and 18 to securely fasten themtogether to form a transverse intermediate brace. cut-out portion 20 oneither side of which is a pivot-receiving tubular portion. These areindicated at 21 and 22 to receive the oppositely disposed pivot members23 and 24 of a looped member 25 which is carried by The clip 19 isprovided with an edge Pawn" oi' ricn.

the ferrule 26 which receives the end of the handle 27.

The handle will be sofastened to the clip that it will pass through thespace between the heel portions of the frame when the frame is tilted onthe members 23 and 24.

The frame may be caused to lie flat upon the floor and the toe portionwill enable the operator to move the mop into angular places such ascorners and the like, and the; fiat construction of the frame willpermit mopping or polishing under furniture, radiators and the like.

The frame may be inexpensively constructed from wirev as will beapparent by reference to the foregoing description in connection withthey drawings. The wire' may be of. appropriate gauge and when it isformed as shown in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, it willpossess considerable rigidity and yet require but little weight.

What I claim and desire to secure by Lettars-Patent is:

1. A mop head, comprising a frame consisting of wire bent intermediateits ends to provide 'a toe withtwo diverging side portions, two inwardlyextending heel portions in spaced relation, brace bars integral with theheel portions and connected to the side portions intermediate theirends, the ends of the wire extending across the middle of theframe inoverlapping relation, and having right angular terminals, the terminalat one end portion abutting-against the other end portion, a clipfastening the two end portions together, and a'handle fasteningpivotally fastened to the clip.

2. A mop head, comprising a frame consisting of a single strand of stoutwire, bent at its middle to provide a'toe portion and two divergingsidebar portions, the side bar portions having inbent heel portions at theirends opposite the toe, the heel portions being backturned and havingoutwardly curved portions secured to the intermediate portions of the sidebar portions, the ends of the wire strand being inturned and overlappingat the middle of the frame, a clip connecting the overlapped ends of thewire strand, and a handle fastening pivoted to the, clip.

3. A mop head, comprising a frame consisting of a single strand of stoutwirev formed into a frame, having a wedgeshaped toe and two spaced,inwardly extending heel=portions, the heels having forwardly extendedportions connected to intermediate side portions of the frame thew .freeends of thestrand-extendinginwardly across the middle of 11115161111116inoverlapping relation, a clip connectingthee-verlap ping ends of thestrand, and a handle fastening pivotally secureel'to the clip.

4. A mop head, comprising a frame con- 'sistin'g ot-a single strand orstout-wire formed into a frame, having a wedgeshaped toe-portion andtwo-spaced, inwardly extending heel portions, Y the innermost portionsof the heels having laterally bent portions connected-to.interniediateiside portions of thefra'ine, the -free: endsot the strandextending inwardly across the middle of the frame, in'overlappingrelation, the

clip.

In testimony whereof-1 afix 'my signature.

HERBERT STURGISI. 4

